A 42-year-old woman,
Mrs. Doris Oseni, has told a Customary Court in Ondo town, Ondo State, that she
caught her husband of 12 years, Prophet Femi Oseni, on the floor of the church
office, having sex with another woman.
The woman, who is also
an evangelist in the church, therefore asked the court for the dissolution of
their marriage on the grounds of adultery, desertion and lack of love on the
part of the husband.
The plaintiff said her
husband’s behaviour towards her changed after seven years of their marriage
with no child, adding that the defendant had been sleeping around with
different women, most of whom were their church members.
She said, “Recently,
after several days of abandoning me, I traced my husband to his church in a
village not far from Ondo town. On getting there, I met him on the floor of the
church office with one of the women in the church. They were having sex.”
She said she reported
her husband’s strange behaviour to his mother, adding that it did not stop him
from the adulterous acts.
She stated that she was
fed up with the relationship, praying the court to separate them.
Doris also accused the
husband of having a child, who she said was a product of his extra-marital
affairs .
However, the
45-year-old Oseni pleaded with the court not to dissolve the marriage with his
wife, saying he still loved the woman, whom he described as a virtuous woman
that had been taking care of him since he married her.
In his ruling, the
President of the court, Joshua Adunbi, said the words and body language of the
wife had shown that she was tired of the union. He therefore ordered the
dissolution of the marriage .
Adunbi added that both
parties were free to re-marry any person of their choice and ordered the
petitioner to pay the sum of N2,500 to the respondent as a refund of dowry.
- Punch
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